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November 2011

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The Future Premise Network, Part I

November 29, 2011

Two weeks ago, I presented at the US Telecom Voice Innovation 2011 Conference on the topic “The Premise Network.”   While it might not sound so interesting, the Premise Network is undergoing much change because work is not just a place to go anymore, it’s a state of mind.  The talk was mostly about the future of the premise network, but before I got to that, I needed to level set on what a typical premise enterprise network might look like.  In my estimation, “typical” means there is likely still a traditional TDM network, but only because it’s there and exists and IT doesn’t want to rip it out and remove it, and there is a VoIP network as well.  There is no doubt that on most enterprise networks, VoIP is there and is either the lead communication network overall, or major pieces of the enterprise network have been totally VoIP enabled. 

My iPad, One Year Later

November 22, 2011

About a year ago, I got an iPad to use at work.  About a month after I got it,  I predicted I wouldn’t use it too much since I found the iPad great at consuming content but not creating content.  And I create a lot of content, for instance this blog (yes, this is content to some folks).

Now that the holiday season is upon us and many people out there will be finding iPads in their stockings, I figured I’d tell you how in fact I used mine. 

Mobile Payments and the Role of SS7

November 15, 2011

Back in June, I wrote a blog about mobile commerce and using your phone to pay for services, or using your phone to enable mobile banking.  These are all huge growth opportunities for the industry. 

I wanted to follow that up with some comments about how this works. 

Pure Kryptonite for SMS?

November 8, 2011

The last few months, I have been thinking a lot about SMS.  We’ve had customers deploy and develop voice and video SMS solutions, which are innovative in their own right, and we’ve seen what Twitter can do.  But at a very high level, what is the future of SMS?  

Smartphones and Aliens: Why Does This Not Compute?!

November 1, 2011

Given Halloween was just yesterday, and some Aliens came to my door to get candy, it got me thinking…

When you look at the picture below, the takeaway should be – WOW, there are A LOT of smartphones in the United States.

Keep this fact is in your head.  You may also know that seemingly most UFO sightings occur in the United States. 
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